GEORGE
B. MACGILLIVRAY during the past
twenty years has been associated with some of the most substantial of
Corona's commercial affairs. For the greater part of this time he was
one of the managing partners in the Corona Hardware Company and is still
in the hardware business.

He was born at Smith Falls,
Ontario, Canada, February 6, 1874, son of Alexander and Elizabeth
(Brown) MacGillivray. After finishing a public school education at Smith
Falls he remained with his father on the farm, and at the age of
twenty-five came to California and located at Corona. For a time he was
in the men's clothing business, and then became associated with Mr.
Barth in the hardware business,, subsequently known as the Corona
Hardware Company. Mr. MacGillivray in 1916 sold his interest in this
establishment to Hough and Marsden. In 1917 he joined the Riverside
Hardware Company, and two years later returned to Corona and has since
been associated with the E. A. Weegar hardware business. Mr.
MacGillivray is a public spirited citizen, interested in community
advancement, is a republican, a member of the Congressional Church and
the Masonic Order.

February 22, 1907, he married
Miss Daisy Brown, daughter of Colby Brown, of Glendale, Los Angeles
County. Mrs. MacGillivray is a native of Orange County and finished her
education in the public schools of Glendale. She is an active member of
the Corona Woman's Club. They have two children, lone and Donald.

Source:
History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
By: John Brown, Jr., Editor for San Bernardino County
And James Boyd, Editor for Riverside County
With selected biography of actors and witnesses of the period
of growth and achievement.
Volume III, the Western Historical Association, 1922,
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, ILL